5.8GHz wifi

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5.8GHz wifi

Anybody here tried using their MacBook Pro on an 802.11a network?

Check out this latest finding... or was it a typo error?
http://rom.feria.name/blog/?p=938

15" 2.0GHz MacBook Pro, 2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Posted on Aug 2, 2006 3:31 PM

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Answer 1

Conal Ho

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Aug 3, 2006 12:06 AM in response to rom.ph

Very interesting!

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Answer 2

iVmichael

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Aug 3, 2006 12:23 AM in response to rom.ph

Interesting ...

a and b were invented at the same time before g. Perhaps g's backward compatible for both - would be nice 🙂

"The 802.11g specification employs orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), the modulation scheme used in 802.11a, to obtain higher data speed".

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Answer 3

Aug 3, 2006 4:46 AM in response to rom.ph

It's a typo - the new (and as yet unfinalized) standard is 802.11n.

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